Runaways Contest Reminder

There are less than four days left in the YACB Runaways Contest. Entries are due by 11:59 pm EDT this Friday (July 1).

Response has been pretty underwhelming so far, so at this point your chances of winning are pretty good. But you have to enter to win...

King Kong

I had huge reservations about Peter Jackson's King Kong remake, but the trailer reveals a Giant Monkey vs. a Tyranasaurus Rex. I'm so there!

New Library Comics: Week of June 20, 2005

Here are the comics we got in for our library collection last week:

Abel, Jessica. La Perdida : by Jessica Abel.Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2001- no. 2

Abel, Jessica. Soundtrack : short stories 1989-1996 /Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, c2001.

B., David, 1959- Epileptic /New York : Pantheon Books, c2005.

Bagge, Peter. Buddy bites the bullet /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics, 2001.

Bagge, Peter. Buddy's got three moms /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 1999.

Burns, Charles. Black hole /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphic Books, 2002-2004. no. 1-12

Chadwick, Paul. Salimba : deluxe graphic novel /El Cajon, Calif. : Blackthorne, 1989.

Cooper, Dave (David Charles) Crumple : the status of Knuckle /Seattle : Fantagraphics, c2000.

Crumb, R. The complete Crumb /Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, [1987?]- v.8

French, Renee. The soap lady /Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf Productions, Inc., 2001.

Gauld, Tom. Move to the city /Geneve : Bulb Comix, 2004.

Gregory, Roberta. A bitch is born /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 1996.

Gregory, Roberta. As naughty as she wants to be! /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 1995.

Gregory, Roberta. Bitchy's college daze /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 1997.

Griffith, Bill, 1944- Are we having fun yet? : Zippy the Pinhead's 29 day guide to random activities and arbitrary donuts /Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, 1994.

Hart, Tom. Collected Hutch Owen /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2000-

Hernandez satyricon /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Book, 1997.

Hernandez, Gilbert. Blood of Palomar /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2002.

Hernandez, Gilbert. Chelo's burden /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2001.

Hernandez, Gilbert. Duck feet /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2002.

Hernandez, Gilbert. House of raging women /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2002.

Hernandez, Gilbert. Luba conquers the world /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 1996.

Hernandez, Gilbert. Luba in America /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, c2001.

Hernandez, Gilbert. Poison river /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics, 1997.

Hernandez, Jaime. Chester Square /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, c1996.

Hernandez, Jaime. Flies on the ceiling /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2003.

Hernandez, Jaime. Las mujeres perdidas /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c1990.

Hernandez, Jaime. Wigwam bam /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2001.

Ito, Junji, 1922- Uzumaki. San Francisco, CA : Viz Communications, 2002, c1998. v.2-3

Jodorowsky, Alexandro. The white lama /Hollywood, CA : Humanoids Pub., c2000. v.1

Kochalka, James. American elf : the collected sketchbook diaries of James Kochalka, October 26, 1998 to December 31, 2003 /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, c2004.

Kochalka, James. Magic Boy & the robot elf /Marietta, Georgia : Top Shelf Productions, 2003.

Kochalka, James. Monkey vs. Robot and the crystal of power /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2003.

Kochalka, James. Pinky & Stinky /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, c2002.

Kochalka, James. The perfect planet & other stories /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 1999.

Kominsky, Aline. The complete dirty laundry comics : a true family comic strip /[San Francisco : Last Gasp of San Francisco], 1993.

Kuper, Peter, 1958- Topsy turvy /New York, NY : Eye Press ; Marietta, GA : Distributed by Top Shelf Productions, c2000.

Leo Nuevo rodeo. Marseille : Le Dernier Cri, 2005.

Moebius, 1938- Icaro /New York : Ibooks ; London : Simon & Schuster, 2003-2004. v.1-2

Sacco, Joe. Notes from a defeatist /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2003.

Scheibner, Reinhard. Lino-metal : compilation gravures /Marseille : Dernier Cri, [2002?]

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- Maison ikkoku /San Francisco, CA : Viz Comics, c1993- v.1-9

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Nextworld /Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Manga, 2003- v.1-2

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Phoenix /San Francisco, CA : Viz, c2003- v.1, 2, 4, 5

Tyler, Carol. The job thing /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 1993.

Ware, Chris, 1967- Quimby the mouse /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books ; New York : Distributed by W.W. Norton, c2003.


(I warned you that there were going to be a lot!)


As a reminder, there are just 5 days remaining in the YACB Runaways Contest...

Monkey Covers

Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover.

From January 1974 it's Jungle Twins #8: "Tono and Kono confront a fearsome fugitive from the gorilla cult of Dr. Strangekind!" What more could you ask for out of a comic?

(standard disclaimer about gorillas not really being monkeys applies)

Image is courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

Runaways Contest!

It's time for a new contest here at YACB!

I'm giving away two prize packages related to Marvel's acclaimed Runaways series by Brian K. Vaughan & Adrian Alphona:

The Grand Prize is all three volumes of the Runaways digests, collecting all 18 issues of the first volume of the series.

Second Prize is the first six issues of the first Runaways series (the ones that are collected in the first digest).

What do you have to do to enter? It's simple:

In the series, a group of kids discover that their parents are secretly super-villains. To enter the YACB Runaways contest, just email me a paragraph addressing the topic: If your parents were super-villains, which super-villains would they be, and why? (Please put 'Runaways Contest' in your email subject.)

Fine Print: Deadline for entries is next Friday, July 1st, at 11:59 pm EDT. Due to postage costs, only U.S. and Canada residents are eligible. The decision of the judge (me) is final. Only one entry per person. Your name and entry may be used on this blog when the contest winners are announced.

So what are you waiting for? Enter today!

Super Manga Linkblogging Love Go!

So you want to know the latest news and commentary in the world of manga, but don't have time to go through all the news sites and message boards and blogs and whatnot? Then check out the fine work of Pata at Irresponsible Pictures and David Taylor at Love Manga, where high quality manga links are presented for your edification and enjoyment.

Also in manga-blog-land, David Welsh (writer of the weekly Flipped column at Comic World News) blogs frequently and intelligently about manga at Precocious Curmudgeon, and Johanna of Cognitive Dissonance does a lot of good manga reviewing.

New This Week: June 22, 2005

Based on the NCRL list for this week's comics shipping from Diamond, here are a few things to look for at the local comic shop tomorrow:


The Pick of the Week is the debut issue of Viz's new anthology, Shojo Beat. It's hundreds of pages of girl-friendly manga for the price of just two House of M or Infinite Crisis crossover comics--you should at least give it a try.


In other comics:

Aeon have the final issue of Matt Howarth's Bugtown (#6).

Alias actually have some second issues: Deal with the devil, Judo Girl, Killer Stunts, and Lethal Instinct.

Antarctic have the Heaven Sent Stand Alone Special and Fred Perry's last issue of his Ninja High School arc (#129).

APC debut three series: Dark Mists, Gloom, and Lexian Chronicles Full Circle.

Dark Horse have the debut of Hellboy: The Island, a trade of Steve Rude's The Moth, and new volumes of What's Michael (vol. 10) and Little Lulu (vol. 4).

DC have the debut of a new Astro City maxi-series, The Dark Age, and the debut of the rather unnecessary adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere (read the book or watch the video instead!) They also have new issue's of Legion of Super-Heroes (#7), Otherworld (#4), and Teen Titans. Lots of Batman stuff too--you'd think there's a movie out or something...

IDW have the penultimate issue of Grimjack: Killer Instinct (#5).

Image have a new issue of Noble Causes (#11) and a third paperback collection of Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows strip.

Marvel have the second issue of House of M, along with many crossover comics, and new issues of Captain America (#7), Spellbinders (#4), Supreme Power (#17), and Ultimate X-Men (#60).

NBM have the second volumes of their Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew OGNs.

Shuck Comics have the first issue of Shuck: The Sulfurstar.

TokyoPop have a gaggle of new manga volumes, including the debut of the rock-n-roll manga Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.


That's it for this week. As always, plenty of comics, no matter your tastes!